Wednesday, May 2, 2012

The Honeymoon Is Over

For the first time in recent years, voters trust Republicans more than Democrats on all 10 key electoral issues regularly tracked by Rasmussen Reports. The GOP holds double-digit advantages on five of them.
As a libertarian I have equal distrust for all political parties, but this report is quite telling in what it could mean for the balance of power in Congress come the next general election.
Here’s some more from the report:Republicans have nearly doubled their lead over Democrats on economic issues to 49% to 35%, after leading by eight points in September.On the highly contentious issue of health care, voters now give the edge to Republicans 46% to 40%. The parties tied on the issue last month, after Republicans took the lead on it for the first time in August.Most voters (54%) oppose the health care reform plan proposed by the president and congressional Democrats, but 42% are in favor of it.On taxes, Republicans are now ahead of Democrats 50% to 35%, nearly doubling their September lead on the issue. Prior to July, the percentage of voters who trusted the GOP more on taxes never reached 50%. It has done so three times since then.